CVE-2014-2735

Published: Apr 22, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

5.8

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 4.9

Source: NVD

Description

WinSCP before 5.5.3, when FTP with TLS is used, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

Affected (3)

Products: Winscp: Winscp

1 product

Configuration A

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Winscp Winscp	Up to 5.5.2
Winscp Winscp	Version 5.5.1
Winscp Winscp	Version 5.5

Related CWEs

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (6)

http://winscp.net/eng/docs/history

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=1152

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531847/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://winscp.net/eng/docs/history

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=1152

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531847/100/0/threaded

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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